Chrissy Teigen Pays Off Charlotte Woman’s Beauty School Tuition

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Model Chrissy Teigen loves to use social media to share her passion projects (such as cooking) as well as candid pictures of husband John Legend and daughter Luna but she also apparently keeps a close eye on her fans.

Teigen recently became aware of Charlotte, North Carolina resident Mercedes Edney and her quest to raise money for beauty school tuition. Edney started a crowdfunding page to assist her in attending the Academy of Nail Technology & Esthetics and detailed why she couldn’t afford the school on her own.

“The issue is that because of my current job, the only school that I can attend does not have financial aid and the scholarships that I have looked at, you have to already be enrolled in school and/or be half way through to even be eligible so that isn’t of much help to me either,” she wrote.

Through the first week in April, Edney had accumulated $300 of her $5995 tuition. That’s when Teigen came along and footed the rest of the bill.

“I’ve seen this be your passion for such a long time now. So excited to see you fulfill your dream!” Teigen wrote in a message on the page.

Edney shared her excitement on Instagram.

“My paypal alert went off, and as I looked at my phone, there was amount of $5605. I thought it was a glitch. I then look at my email and realized it came from my fundraiser,” she wrote.

“Chrissy Teigen donated my entire tuition money for school. I have been crying all night and I cried in the office this morning as I paid my downpayment for esthetician school,” she added.